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Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice
Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice Law360 provides breaking legal news and analysis on personal injury and negligence involving bodily harm, including medical malpractice issues. Coverage includes major litigation over medical negligence, patron safety, and accidents involving catastrophic injuries and death, as well as legislative and regulatory developments.
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Latest News in Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice
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October 19, 2018
USA Gymnastics Says Safe Sport Act Abuse Suit Can't Stand
USA Gymnastics urged a Massachusetts federal court Friday to toss a proposed class action alleging it has failed to report sexual abuse allegations to law enforcement as required by the Safe Sport Act enacted earlier this year, arguing that the law does not apply to suspicions learned before the law was passed.
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October 19, 2018
Workers Acquitted Of Lying About Fatal Water Slide Accident
A Kansas jury on Thursday acquitted two water park maintenance workers on charges of lying to investigators looking into the death of a 10-year-old boy on the since-closed world’s tallest water slide at the Schlitterbahn amusement park in Kansas City.
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October 19, 2018
Gov't Can't Shed Botched Birth Suit, But Can Limit Damages
A New Jersey federal judge ruled Friday that while a nonprofit, government-operated health care facility must face a $5 million lawsuit over a child who suffered a shoulder injury during childbirth, it can have its liability capped at $250,000 under a state law limiting damages for charitable hospitals.
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October 19, 2018
Walmart Not Negligent In Aerosol Death, 5th Circ. Says
The Fifth Circuit won’t revive a mother’s suit accusing Walmart of negligence in her daughter’s inhalant death, finding that the retail giant’s employees had no obligation to stop the increasingly inebriated woman from buying 60 cans of aerosol dust remover in a 27-hour period.
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October 19, 2018
Mich. Hospital, Doc Must Face Unnecessary-Surgery Suit
A Michigan appeals court has ruled a hospital and doctor must face a suit alleging a patient's skin cancer misdiagnosis led to an unnecessary lymph node removal, determining that an opinion submitted by the patient’s medical expert was not speculative.
Areas of Coverage
- LITIGATION
- Suits accusing major companies of not taking proper safety precautions to ensure the health and safety of patrons
- Suits accusing major companies of negligence in car accident, slip-and-fall, and fatal injury cases
- Disputes over alleged acts of negligence or omission, including failure to diagnose an illness or injury and improper treatment
- Suits claiming a failure to properly warn a patient about known risks or side effects of a medication or medical procedure
- Disciplinary proceedings against health care providers
- Ethics violations
- Criminal charges for illegally prescribing opiates or otherwise compromising patient care
- Professional liability insurance coverage disputes
- REGULATION
- Tort reform measures, including lawsuit payout caps
- State and federal legislation involving patient care
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of personal injury and medical malpractice practices
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